Draft:Sayyid Mohammad Khatami
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| Name | Sayyid Mohammad Khatami |
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| Brith Date | 13 October |
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| Religion | Islam |
Sayyid Mohammad Khatami is the 5th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1997 to 2005 CE. Imam of the Islamic Center of Hamburg, Representative of the people of Ardakan and Meybod in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Head of the Kayhan Publishing Institute, Advisor to the President and Head of the National Library of Iran, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance in the government of Hashemi Rafsanjani, membership in the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution by order of Supreme Leader Khamenei are among his other responsibilities.
Biography
Sayyid Mohammad Khatami was born on 13 October 1943 CE, in the city of Ardakan, Yazd Province. His father was Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Khatami, a learned scholar and one of the famous and reputable clerics of Yazd, founder of the Ardakan Seminary and Friday Prayer Imam of Yazd.
Education
Khatami completed his elementary and secondary education in Ardakan and learned some of the preliminaries from his father, and then went to Qom to study religious sciences, and received his high school diploma in the same year. In 1969 CE, he received a Bachelor's degree in Western Philosophy from the University of Isfahan, and in 1970 CE, he continued his studies at the University of Tehran in the field of Educational Sciences up to the Master's level. In 1980 CE, he went to Qom again and studied advanced lessons in Fiqh and Usul and the higher course of Philosophy in the presence of Ayatollahs Morteza Haeri Yazdi, Vahid Khorasani, Sayyid Musa Shubayri Zanjani, Martyr Morteza Motahhari, and Abdullah Javadi Amoli. Concurrent with these days, he participated in private lessons by Martyr Motahhari regarding Hegel's philosophy, Marxism, knowledge, and Kalam.
Activities
During his student days at the University of Isfahan, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Association and in the years 1962 CE and 1963 CE, in addition to political struggles against the Pahlavi regime, he was present. He has also been engaged in teaching courses on political thought, philosophy of politics, and political thought in Islam at the university at the Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral levels.
Responsibilities
- Imam of the Islamic Center of Hamburg from 1978 CE to 1980 CE, with the approval of Martyr Beheshti;
- Representative of the people of Ardakan and Meybod in the Islamic Consultative Assembly;
- Head of the Kayhan Publishing Institute by order of Imam Khomeini in 1981 CE;
- Advisor to the President and Head of the National Library of Iran;
- Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance in the government of Hashemi Rafsanjani;
- Membership in the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution by order of Supreme Leader in 1996 CE;
- 5th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1997 CE to 2005 CE[1].
Victory in the Presidential Election
Khatami in the 1997 CE presidential election, by gaining more than 20 million votes with seventy percent of the votes, became a name for the internal reformist movement in Iran. He is recognized by many as the leader of the reformist faction of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Dialogue Among Civilizations
Khatami was the proponent of an idea named *Dialogue Among Civilizations* which gained global fame and is known by his name. The United Nations also named the year 2001 CE, based on this idea, the Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations. After the end of two presidential terms, he established the Baran Foundation[2].
See Also
Footnotes
References
- Biography of Hojjat al-Islam wa al-Muslimin Sayyid Mohammad Khatami, Jamaran News and Information Base, date of insertion: N/A, date of access: 12 November 2025 CE.
- Sayyid Mohammad Khatami, Tabnak Website, date of insertion: N/A, date of access: 12 November 2025 CE.
